---
title: "Engineering for the AI-Native Era : Office Hours with Calvin French-Owen"
description: "Join us for an intimate conversation on building AI-native systems, maintaining velocity at scale, \u0026 the future of engineering with Calvin French-Owen, former CTO of Segment \u0026 OpenAI Codex leader."
categories: ["AI","startups","office hours"]
keywords: ["AI engineering","systems architecture","engineering velocity","AI-native","Calvin French-Owen","Segment","OpenAI Codex","developer tools","technical leadership"]
ai_summary: "Office Hours event exploring AI-native engineering, system design, \u0026 maintaining velocity with Calvin French-Owen in San Francisco November 12."
date: 2025-10-21
lastmod: 2026-07-28
canonical_url: https://www.tomtunguz.com/engineering-for-ai-native-era-office-hours/
author: "Tomasz Tunguz"
---


AI is changing the way we work. I can't imagine going back to the way I worked with a computer just a year ago, so powerful is the leverage from AI.

[Calvin French-Owen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvinfo/), former co-Founder & CTO of Segment, helped lead the launch of OpenAI's Codex, one of the most ambitious developer tools of the modern era.

At this Office Hours, we'll dive into three key topics shaping the next generation of builders :

**Building with AI at Scale.** Lessons from designing infrastructure for composability, reliability, & speed.

**Maintaining Velocity Amid Complexity.** Balancing innovation, experimentation, & execution as systems & teams expand.

**Engineering for the AI-Native Era.** The trade-offs that define successful AI-native builders & the frontier of developer tooling.

This will be an intimate conversation. Part technical deep dive. Part reflection on how AI is transforming the craft of engineering itself.

If you're a technical founder, engineer, or AI practitioner thinking about how to design systems & teams that scale with intelligence, I hope you'll join us.

📍 San Francisco (location shared upon confirmation)  
🗓️ Wednesday, November 12 | 5:30–7:30 PM PT  
🔗 [Register here](https://gatsby.events/theory-ventures/rsvp/register?e=office-hours-building-ai-systems-that-scale)